#4E796F#4E796F

#4E796F is a mid, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.050 H 178.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E796F
RGB	rgb(78, 121, 111)
HSL	hsl(166, 22%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(166, 36%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 0%, 8.3%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.55, -17.31, 0.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.55, 17.33, 177.49°)
OKLab	oklab(54.15% -0.0504 0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(54.15% 0.05 178)
XYZ	xyz(12.8475, 16.4414, 17.5324)
Luminance	0.1644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E796F #794E58

analogous

#4E795A #4E796F #4E6E79

triadic

#4E796F #6F4E79 #796F4E

tetradic

#4E796F #5A4E79 #794E58 #6E794E

square

#4E796F #5A4E79 #794E58 #6E794E

split-complementary

#4E796F #794E6E #795A4E

monochromatic

#1E2F2B #36544D #4E796F #679D91 #8CB5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#4E796F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#4E796F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E796F

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E796F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E796F	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76746F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6F70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#417A76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e796f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 121, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.050 178.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81a098',
    500: '#4e796f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e796f;
$custom-light: #81a098;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e796f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.047,
    "s": 21.608,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54146,
    "c": 0.0504,
    "h": 178
  },
  "luminance": 0.16442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E796F

secondary

#A28189

accent

#6A7DBE

background

#F8F9F9

surface

#EFF2F2

border

#CACCCC

text

#0A0E0D

muted

#7C7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E796F

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